Minister of State for Information visit to China on the invitation of Chinese Government

Minister of State for Information, Broadcasting, National History and Literary Heritage Ms. Marriyum Aurangzeb who is on a visit to China on the invitation of Chinese Government, met Jiang Jianguo, Vice Minister of the Propaganda Department of the Central Committee of CPC, and Minister of State Council Information Office (SCIO) on Sunday. Welcoming the Minister of State, Jiang Jianguo said that it is a pleasure to receive her on her first official visit to China, added that their two countries share a high level of mutual trust, respect and friendship. He further said that CPEC, being flagship project of Belt and Road Initiative, is a project of our shared future.She informed that irrespective of party affiliations, all political parties in the country support CPEC. The minister also assured that the Pakistani government is taking all out efforts to insure security to all Chinese nationals. Expressing her desire for enhanced cultural and media contacts by sharing cultural norms and exchanging media delegations, she called for closer co-operation in the field. The minister further said that Pakistan condemns terrorism in all its manifestations and forms and has achieved success in combating it, which is borne out by the fact that terrorist attacks which were 2600 in 2013, had reduced by 82% to 160.